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J. E. HERMAN ANTIGLARE ATTACHMENT FDR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed May 14 1926 2Sheets-Sheet 2 lnv'em ov: M pm 1 ,(W

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Patented Nov. 8, 1927.

UNITED STATES JOHN EDVIABD HERMAN, QF SANIDUEKY, OHIO.

ANTIGLARE ATTACHMENT FQR MOTOR VEHICLES.

Application filed May 14,

This invention relates to improvements in antiglare attachments formotor-vehicles, and pertains more especially to an attachment of thecharacter indicated comprising an antiglare shield which comprises a bararranged adjacent and longitudinally of the top edge of and supportingan antiglare light-transi'nitting panel adapted'to be ar-- rangedopposite and to face the inner side of the wind-shield of amotor-vehicle and also comprises a bracket supporting said bar andadapted to be attached to a supporting member on the vehicle, and saidbar is pivoted longitudinally thereof to said bracket so as to cause theantiglare shield to be pivotally connected to said bracket and arrangedto be swung laterally.

One object of my invention is to reliably, inexpensively andconveniently attach the antiglare panel to said bar at the side edges ofsaid panel without mutilation of or injury to the panel.

Another object is to attach said antiglare panel, at each end of saidbar, to a pair of jaws which are formed on said bar and arranged at theadjacent side edge of the panel and at opposite sides respectively ofand in close relation to and face the panel and which are connectedtogether by a securing device extending endwise of and through a recessformed in said panel at said side edge of the panel, so that said panelis held against dropping from between the jaws were the jawsloose inrelation to the panel.

Another object is to prevent pressure on the top edge of said panel bysaid bar between the pair of jaws on one end of the bar and the pair ofjaws on the other end of the bar, and to prevent mutilation of said edgeof the panel.

The hereinbefore mentioned bracket is reversible top for bottom andcomprises a substantially vertical plate or member spaced laterallyoutwardly from the hereinbefore mentioned bar and adapted to abutlaterally against and attachable to the hereinbefore mentionedsupporting member on the vehicle and having a top edge and a bottomedge, with one of said edges spaced farther than the other of said edgesfrom the axis of said bar, so'that the antiglare panel is lower orhigher in relation to said plate or member of the bracket according asthe one or the other of said edges is the bottom edge of said member thebra ket, and 559 as o reader 1926. Serial No. 109,082

my improved antiglare attachment not only suitable for use by drivers ofaverage height and by drivers somewhat above or below the average heightbut also by abnorn'ially tall drivers.

Another object is to render my improved antiglare attachment simple anddurable .in construction, and convenient and attractive. l i ith theseobjects in view, and to attain other objects hereinafter appearing, thisinvention consists in certain meritorious fea* tures of construction,and combinations and relative arrangement of parts, hereinafterdescribed in this specification, pointed out in the claims, andillustrated in the ZLCCOIXP panying drawings.

In said drawings, side elevation, partly in section, of an antiglareattachment embodying my invention and shows said attachment secured tothe top bar or member of the frame of the windshield of a1notor-vehicle, and said windshield is shown in section. Fig. 2 is a topplan and'horizontal section along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isavertical section taken along the line 3-3 in Fig. 1, looking outwardly.Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken along the line4-. l in Fig. 1,-looking inwardly. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken along the line 55 in Fig. 4, looking downwardly. Fig. 6 is a central vertical sectiontaken along the line 66 in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 isa vertical sectioncorresponding with Fig. 6, except that in Fig. 7 the hereinbeforementioned bracket is in position for abnormally tall drivers, whereasFig. 6 shows said bracket in position for drivers of average height.Portions are broken away in the drawings to reducethe size of thedrawings.

Referring to said drawings, 10 indicates the antiglarelight-transmitting glass plate or panel of an antiglare shieldconstituting an important portion of the antiglare attachment embodyingmy invention, and in Fig. 1 said panel is shown arranged laterallyopposite and facing the inner side ofthe light-transmitting glass panel12 of the windshield of aclosed car or motor-vehicle and supported, aswill hereinafter appear, from the top bar or member 13 of the frame ofsaid wind-shield. The panel 10 is preferably composed of a plate ofsmoked glass, 0r of glass having a suitable color such, for 1nstance, asan amber color or a light green color, having a dimming eifect on objectonably g g h dl ghts o an approachin Figure 1 is a right-hand 7 vehicle.The application of an antiglare light-transmitting panel 10 in properrelation to the light-transmitting panel of the wind-shield ot an'iotor-vehicle is too well known io require further explanation in thisspecification. Sutlicc it to state that the panel 10 is oil: suitabledimensions and suitably arranged in relation to the windshield.

The antiglarc shield of my improved antiglare attachment (see Figs. 1, 2and l) also LfOlIlPllSGS a substantially horizontal metal bar l5arrangedadjacent and preferably opposite and extending longitudinally oi the topedge of the panel 10 supported from said bar, and preferably said bar isprovided at each end thereof, (seealso F 5) with a. p i of laterallyopposite downwardly projecting jaws 16 which are arranged at. opposite;sides respectively of the upper. port 31] t and in clo llion to and facesaid panel. The two pa of jaws it; are arranged, therefore, ad acentopposite ends respectively of the top edge of the panel 10, andpreferably each jaw of each pair of jaws 16 has a portion 17 whichextends outwardly from the adjacent side edge of said panel in thedirection in which said side edge faces.

The upper portion of the panel 10 (see Figs. 4 and is provided at eachside edge of the panel, with a recess '18 which is spaced from the toped e of the panel and formed between the jaws of the adjacent pair ofj-aws 16 and extends substantially horizontally from side to side of thepanel, and a securing device connects said. jaws together and preferablyconsists 01 a screw the shank 20 of which engages said recess andextends endwise of and through said recess and beyond the ends 0" therecess. and said shank of said screw is threaded into one jaw oi saidpair of jaw;=.-: as shown in Fl 5, and extends loosely through the otherjaw of said pair of aws, and said screw has a head 21 arranged oppositeand overlapping the outer side of th last-mentioned jaw of said pair ofjaws.

Packing 5) interposed between the panel-"facing portion oil. each jaw 16and the adjacent side of the panel i l. and each end portion of the topedge oi said panel Fig. 4:) is covered by packing 1,3 which extendsbetween he upper ends oi the jaws 16 adjacent said portion of said edgeoi said panel and is interposed between said edge of said panel and theba r 15. pa per manipulation of the screw associated witn. a pairoi jaws16 they packing 22 interposed between the panel and sale jaws may betightened in relation to said panel as required to bring said jaws intoadequately close relation to the panel and to prevent displacement ofthe panel between said without liability of cracking or otherwise..,;.utilating or tiring said panel and it will he observed that saidpanel, were the screw ordendmg through the portions 17 of said jawsimulvertentiy not inani 'nilated to establish sutiicientiy closerelation be tween the panel and said jaws, would still e adequately heldagainst dropping from between the jaws by the cooperation of said screwwith the wall of the recess 18 engaged by said screw.

The hereinbetore n'ieiitioncd bar 1.5 (see Fig. 4) is in spaced.relationship to the top edge ()i th panel 10 from the pair oi? jaws oneend of the bar to the pair o'l. jaws at the other end ot the bar so thatthe driver of a motor-vehicle provided with my in1 proved antiglareattachment can, it dcsired, look between said edge and said bar, a-nilso to prevent any downward presire on or mutilation oi said edge by saidbar between the pai .S of aws 16 of the bar. ".ihe packing 23 betweenthe bar and each enil portion of the top edge of the panel. 10 s 'v toprevent mutilation oi' raid portion edge of the panel, and I would herehat an antiglare shield comprising a bar 5 a rrangeih as hereinbetoredescribed, i o id panel and tern'iinating at n a pair of ja vs 16applied in rela- "ion to tr panel and contoured s hereinbetore describedsimple and durable in construction and attrac ive.

so bar 15 (see I and has an upwad enlargement 25 preferably formed atthe top and extending longitudinally of the bar, and said enlargement ispreferably in the "term of a substai'itialiy horizontal member whichextends longitudinally of said bar and has bearing on and is supportedfrom a substantially horizontal pivotal pin 26 extending through andlongitudinally and beyond the ends oi said tubuiar member orenlargen'ient of said bar. The Oilltll rent oi the bar 15 has two-sub-:tant' y vertical and parallel end tacos 3T med at opposite endsrespectively there-ct The Pivotal pin. is supported. from a bracketwhich preierably con'iprises a sub stai'itiall "erti "ally arrangedplate 528 shown positioned laterally opposite and abutting against theinner side of and secured to the to; bar or member l-l of the .l'raineoi the wind-shield. and in Figs. 1. and 6 the panel 10 is shown arrangedbelow the supporting member 13 and spaced downwardly as well as inwardlyfrom said supporting member.

The. plate 28 (see Figs. 1., 3 and has an arm 29 arranged centrallybetween the side edges 01 the plate and extending from said pla e in thedirection of the upward enlargement 25 of the bar 15 and terminatingcentrally of and in the central portion 30 of a ll-shaped member theend. portions .81 of which extend opposite and abut against and coveropposite end faces 2'?" respectively of said enlargement 25, and said i-shaped lllfi Ian ingin the end portions 31 of said U shaped member andalso extends a suitable distance beyond the outer side of said portionsof said U-shaped member.

At the outer side of each end portion 31 of said U-shaped member (seeFigs. 1, 2 and 1-) is arranged a concavo-convex spring metal washer 32mounted on the pin 26 and disposed with its concave side facing saidside of said portion of said U-shaped member. The washer 32 at the outerside of one end portion of said Ushaped member is interposed between theouter side of said portion of said "ti-shaped member and a head 33 onthe pin 26, and a nut 34 is threaded onto said pin at the outer side ofthe other end portion of said U-shaped member. Obviously the requiredmanipulation of said nut will result in placing the washers 32 under thetension required to establish such frictional engagement of the endportions 31 of said U-shaped member with the end faces 27 of theenlargement 25 of the bar 15 as to hold. the bar 15 and connected panel10 in any desired position without interfering with the swinging of saidpanel laterally inwardly and upwardly out of the waywhen desired.

The plate 28 of the hereinbefore mentioned bracket (see Figs. 1, 2 and3) has two vertically spaced pairs of horizontally spaced holes 35 whichextend laterally through the plate and are employed in receivingsecuring devices such, for instance, as screws 36, employed in attachingthe bracket to the supporting member 13 on a motor-vehicle.

The plate 28 preferably has horizontal top and bottom edges 37 tofacilitate accurate positioning of the bracket in relation to saidsupporting member, and it will be observed that one of said edges isfarther than the other of said edges from the axis of the bar 15 so thatthe antiglare panel 10 is lower or higher according as the bracket is inposition with the one or the other of said edges as the bottom edge ofthe plate. It will beobserved therefore that said bracket is reversibletop for bottom, that the U-shaped member of the bracket constitutes thelowermost portion of the bracket when the bracket is positioned as shownin Figs. 1 and 6 in relation to the supporting member 13, that saidU-shaped member constitutes the uppermost portion of the bracket whenthe bracket is arranged as shown in. Fig. 7 in relation to saidsupporting member, and i that the bracket, when it is 1n the positionshown in Fig. 6, is suitable for use by drivers of aver- Fig. 7, is moreespecially suitable for abnormally tall drivers.

What I claim is:

1. An antiglare attachment for a motorvchicle, comprising an antiglarelight-transmitting panel adapted to be arranged oppo site and to facetheinner side of the wind shield of the vehicle and provided at eachside edge of the upper end portion of the panel with a recess whichisspaced from the top edge of the panel and extends substantiallyhorizontally from side to side of thepanel, av metal bar arrangedadjacent and extending longitudinally of the top edge of said panel andprovided at each end thereof with a pair of laterally opposite jawswhich are arranged at opposite sides respectively of the upper portionof and in. close relation to and face the panel, means for supportingsaid bar from a supporting member on the vehicle, each of the aforesaidaws having an enlargement which is arranged opposite the adjacent end ofthe adjacent recess in said panel and extends from a point above to apoint below said recess and outwardly from the adjacent side edge of thepanel in the direction in which said side edge faces, and a securingdevice engaging said recess and extending endwise of and beyond the endsof the recess and connecting together the aws adjacent the recess.

2. An antiglare attachment for a motorvehicle, comprising an antiglarelight-trans mitting panel adapted to be arranged opposite and to facethe inner side of the wind shield of the vehicle and provided at eachside edge of the upper end portion of the panel with a recess which isspaced from the top edge and extends substantially horizontally fromside to side of the panel, a bar arranged adjacent and extendinglongitudinally of the top edge of said panel and provided at each endthereof with a pair of laterally opposite jaws which are arranged atopposite sides respectively of the upper por tion of and in closerelation to and face the panel and respectively extend opposite theadjacent end of the adjacent recess in said panel and outwardly fromtheadjacent side edge of the panel in the direction in which said sideedge faces, a screw extending end wise of and through said recess andbeyond the ends of the recess and threaded into one jaw of the pair ofjaws adjacent said recess and extendingloosely through the other jaw ofsaid pair and having a head arranged opposite and overlapping the outerside of the last-mentioned jaw, and means for supporting the aforesaidbar from a supporting j member on the vehicle.

3. An antiglare attachment for a motorvehicle, comprising an antiglarelight-transmitting panel adapted to be arranged opposite and'to face theinner side of the windh eld of the vehi l b r ar a g d ja en andextending longitudinally of the top edge 01 and supporting said paneland having an enlargement extending loiigitudinally of the bar, apivotal pin which hes hearing in said lJl'ilClIGi and extends endwise ofsaid enlargement of and supports said bar, a bracket supporting said pinand Comprising a substantially vei'ticaily arranged plate which isspaced laterally outwardly from said ,en-

10 largement of the bar and has a top edge and a bottom edge and alsohas two vertically spaced pairs of horizontally spaced holes whichextend laterally through the plate and are adapted to receive securingdevices for attaching the plate to a supporting member on the vehicle,one of said edges of said plate being farther than the other of saidedges from the axis of the bill.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification.

JOHN EDWARD HERMAN.

